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| 9/5/14 4:30PM |
An Uncertain Future
The second season finale of the Walking Dead game closes the door on many of the conflicts that were built up throughout the season, and even creates a few new ones that I hope to see addressed in a third season. The roughly two-hour episode features some very intense moments, and really forces you to choose between your past and present allies in a dramatic way.
It's a very satisfying finale that will definitely tug at your emotions as it really puts you into the shoes of Clementine like no past episode has done.
No Going Back wastes no time picking up where Amid the Ruins left off. With chaos ensuing from the gunshots, you're find yourself caught in the middle as you try to survive. Even though the episode starts off this way, it's nothing in comparison to the events that will occur later in the episode.
Loss is a major theme throughout the series, and is something that you'll have to deal with a few times in the finale. Despite everything that Clementine has been through, the events that occur in No Going Back really hit her hard and are just as impacting as losing Lee at the end of the first season.
This finale really drives the fact home that no is safe in this world, and that humans are far more dangerous than the shambling undead.
Near the end of the finale, you're forced to make some fairly tough decisions that will surely impact how things will move in the future. What's crazy about them is that there's really no time to put major thought into each one as they appear quickly.
It's one of the elements that I really enjoy about the series, but I do sometimes wish I had more time to react to some of these choices.
Recent Reviews
Overall, No Going Back is a fantastic conclusion to the second season that encompasses everything from the past season that has made this such an engaging series to experience. This is videogame storytelling at its best.
+ Engaging conclusion to the second season
+ Impacting choices to make from start to finish
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Publishers- Telltale Games
Release Date- August 27th, 2014
Price- $4.99 MSRP
Review Platform- Xbox Live Arcade
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| 9/5/14 4:00PM |
Life among the Dead
After escaping Carver's settlement, Clementine and the remaining few from the group head out towards an abandoned museum in order to plan their next move. The majority of this episode focuses on the aftermath of episode three, and dealing with the impending birth of Rebecca's child. It's full of intense conversational moments, and features some tough choices to make as you're guided towards the season finale.
Amid the Ruins makes for a great penultimate episode of the Walking Dead that focuses on the topic of characters beginning to lose hope.
With Kenny losing another loved one to the harsh world full of the undead, the rest of the group must act quickly to prepare for Rebecca's baby. Kenny's past experience of being a father is something that they know can help them out, but they fear that he isn't in any condition to be an effective, which based on what you choose to say will either support or challenge this suggestion.
The pacing of this episode is something that I was really impressed with. It constantly shifts between calm and frantic at a moment's notice, and as with most of Telltale's work it keeps you engaged until the end.
Most of Amid the Ruins takes place around the museum, but there are a few other locations that you'll get to check out throughout the episode. There's the trailer park where you'll get some tips on taking down walkers by Jane and the top of a museum platform that the group decides to use for shelter and a place where Rebecca could have her baby.
No matter the location, everything looks nice and detailed as the surrounding area becomes colder as winter approaches the survivors.
Even as this second season of the Walking Dead game is preparing to wrap up, there are a few new characters that appear to interact with. Among the new ones is a young man named Arvo, whose initial interaction will shape how things may play out in the beginning of the season finale.
As with most of the situations in the Walking Dead game, new people present a choice for the player: approach with caution or with deadly force, with Arvo, the decision may not be so easy.
As with most of the situations in the Walking Dead game, new people present a choice for the player: approach with caution or with deadly force, with Arvo, the decision may not be so easy.
Recent Reviews
Overall, Amid the Ruins contains tough situations for the player to deal with as they climb toward the finale of the second season. Clementine's struggles are far from over, and the decisions you make as her will impact for than just her life.
+ Great pacing and intense character choices to make
+ Celebrating life among the dead with Rebecca's child
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Publishers- Telltale Games
Release Date- July 23rd, 2014
Price- $4.99 MSRP
Review Platform- Xbox Live Arcade
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| 6/29/14 12:00PM |
Follow the Leader
Fear. Respect. Community.
This is what you need to survive in the world of the Walking Dead game, a fact that was very evident in the first season, as well as the first parts of this second season. No one believes this more than Carver, the ruthless leader first introduced in episode two as he made his way into the cabin and came face to face with Clementine.
After finishing that episode, I thought that things were going to make a turn for the worse for Clementine and her new group once Carver arrived, and after finishing In Harm's Way, this turned out to be mostly true, although the group does manage to find a way out, if only just barely.
Throughout the episode, you come to understand Carver's perspective on staying in a group and how to stay alive, although the punishment for disobeying him makes everyone else willing to do anything to try and escape once again. This makes for a very intense third episode and a great continuing second season with no slow-down in sight.
Clementine has been through a lot since she was under the care of Lee, and this episode really shows that in terms of her actions after certain choices have been made throughout In Harm's Way. While the beginning parts of the episode feature the usual multitude of casual dialogue options available to choose, there are some later choices that appear that carry some dangerous weight.
The pacing of episode three kept me engaged more than any episode has done from season two so far, and it really drives home the fact that humans cause more trouble in this world than the undead appear to do.
The pacing of episode three kept me engaged more than any episode has done from season two so far, and it really drives home the fact that humans cause more trouble in this world than the undead appear to do.
Kenny's continued presence makes for some of the interesting choices to select dialogue wise in episode three as well, and sometimes it makes it tough to select a choice that is sufficient for him due to his history with Clementine in Season one and making one that may be preferred by the new group of characters who have now accepted Clementine into their unit.
In Harm's Way episode follows the traditional two-hour path from the previous episodes, although the intense flow of the conversations felt a little bit longer as you engage in some interesting conversations at Carver's home base with the several new and interesting characters including Reggie, a friendly survivor who is voiced by celebrity Kumail Nanjiani.
In Harm's Way episode follows the traditional two-hour path from the previous episodes, although the intense flow of the conversations felt a little bit longer as you engage in some interesting conversations at Carver's home base with the several new and interesting characters including Reggie, a friendly survivor who is voiced by celebrity Kumail Nanjiani.
By the end of the episode, you're left wondering how much worse can it get for these survivors, who have been able to escape great harm several times, but never without losing someone important along the way. There's only two episodes left in the season, and I'm sure things will only continue to get harder for the group.
Recent Reviews
Overall, In Harm's Way creates an intense middle episode that will have you fully engaged until the end. Telltale's ability to craft engaging moments with player-chosen options seems to only be getting better and better with each release of their wonderful adventure titles.
+ Great pacing and intense character choices to make
+ Evolution of Clementine as she interacts with new characters
- The wait for the next episode!
Reviews on the thebuttonpresser.com are based out of a '1-5 controller' Scoring system. Purchased games by the reviewer contain no annotation, but review copies are always known to the reader via a review disclaimer.
Publishers- Telltale Games
Release Date- May 14th, 2014
Price- $4.99 MSRP
Review Platform- Xbox Live Arcade
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